Comparative studies of hepatotoxicity and fumonisin B1 and B2 content of water and chloroform/methanol extracts of Fusarium moniliforme strain MRC 826 culture material |
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Authors: | Kenneth A. Voss Ronald D. Plattner Charles W. Bacon William P. Norred |
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Affiliation: | (1) Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, PO Box 5677, 30613 Athens, GA, USA;(2) Bioactive Constituents Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Northern Regional Research Center, 1815 University Street, 61604 Peoria, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | Fusarium moniliforme has been associated with several diseases including equine leukoencephalomalacia, human esophageal cancer and hepatotoxicity/hepatocarcinogenicity in laboratory animals. The potential health risks to animals and humans posed by F. moniliforme contaminated grains cannot be assessed until the toxins are identified and toxicologically evaluated. As part of a systematic approach to identifying the hepatotoxins produced by F. moniliforme, diets containing aqueous and chloroform/methanol (1 1) extracts of F. moniliforme strain MRC 826 culture material (CM) and/or the extracted CM residues were fed to male Sprague-Dawley rats for four weeks. Serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase activities were increased after two and four weeks and microscopic liver lesions were found in those animals fed aqueous CM extract and the CM residue after chloroform/ methanol extraction. Fumonisins B1 and B2 were extracted from the CM by water, but not chloroform/ methanol, and were present in the toxic diets at concentrations of 93–139 and 82–147 ppm, respectively. Nontoxic diets contained 22 ppm fumonisin B1 and 65 ppm fumonisin B2.Abbreviations CM culture material - ELEM equine leukoencephalomalaciaMention of a trademark, proprietory name or vendor does not imply its approval by the US Department of Agriculture to the exclusion of others that may also be suitable. |
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Keywords: | Fumonisins Fusarium moniliforme MRC 826 toxicity |
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